#C4BCA0#C4BCA0

#C4BCA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.039 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCA0
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(47, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 18.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -1.84, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 15.31, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0027 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.039 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0930, 50.2410, 40.4675)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCA0 #A0A8C4

analogous

#C4AAA0 #C4BCA0 #BAC4A0

triadic

#C4BCA0 #A0C4BC #BCA0C4

tetradic

#C4BCA0 #A0C4AA #A0A8C4 #C4A0BA

square

#C4BCA0 #A0C4AA #A0A8C4 #C4A0BA

split-complementary

#C4BCA0 #A0BAC4 #AAA0C4

monochromatic

#908459 #ADA17A #C4BCA0 #DBD7C6 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C4BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCA0

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCA0	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.039 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0bc',
    500: '#c4bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bca0;
$custom-light: #d6d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.03924,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCA0

secondary

#707998

accent

#59A244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141312

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCA0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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